Maintain current GPA

<p>Hi,
In the cal poly admissions letter it says to “have grades of “C” or higher AND maintain current overall GPA.”</p>

<p>The first part is pretty clear, but what about the maintaing GPA part? First of all, what “GPA” are they talking about… weighted, unweighted, cal poly…? Second of all, does this mean if you had say a 3.6 cumulative at the end of junior year, kept it up first semester, but then got a 3.2 second semester senior year, that they will rescind you… even if you have no Ds… or even Cs?</p>

<p>I am probably overanalyzing this a little, but it is slightly irritating that Cal Poly leaves this sense of doubt in all admitted students.</p>

<p>I agree, they should be specific so prospective students know exactly what is required of them. I called the admissions office to find out. The lady I spoke with was very helpful. She said that it is the GPA reported on your high school transcript and they will weight the courses if your high school does. When I asked her what was meant by the “same gpa”, she said that your cumulative GPA can’t drop more than .5. Hence, if you had a 3.6 when you applied, it would take a large dip in grades for your cumulative GPA to drop to a 3.1. However, I did not get her name or get this in writing.</p>

<p>Wow, thank you so much for that information!</p>

<p>Odd though… that means you would have to have a 4.0 cumulative GPA, and then get a 2.0 both semester senior years for that part of the conditional admission to even have effect.</p>

<p>That’s the way I understood it. But I still would encourage all students to try to keep thier GPAs as close as possible to what it was when they applied because, like I said, it wasn’t in writing and the person answering the phone may not have had it exactly right or I may not have understood her exactly.</p>

<p>I had asked if i would be rescinded if my gPA dropped from a 3.8 to a 3.6, and the lady said no, as long as my grades are all above a C.</p>

<p>That sounds right to me as well. Keep those grades up seniors! Hang in there, you are almost done!</p>